bedding
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The Two Easiest Ways to Get a Duvet Cover On
Making the bed is among my least favourite chores. First, there’s the all-out war with the fitted sheet. Then, if you’re particularly unlucky, there’s a second battle with the duvet cover. Getting a duvet inside its sheath is an agonizing process that usually involves trying to stuff it down evenly before getting frustrated and resigning…
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How to Survive Sleeping in the Heat When You Don’t Have Air Conditioning
You can make your air conditioner more effective and efficient, you can make a DIY air conditioner, and you can cool your home without an air conditioner at all. But what can you do when you can’t fall asleep because it’s too dang hot?
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Give Your Guest Bedroom and Bathroom a Holiday Glow
When overnight guests descend for the holidays, in addition to doing the usual cleaning, straightening and emptying of wastebaskets, you may wish to incorporate design touches to amplify that cosy holiday feeling for your guests, and facilitate convenience for you both. (This is helpful if you don’t want your mother-in-law to ask you for a…
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How to Haggle When You’re Buying a New Mattress
Out of all the purchases we make, there are very few in which haggling to get a better price on the item is acceptable — and most are within the confines of flea markets, antique shows, and estate sales.